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by FBM » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:15 pm
Falling ice kills girl, 11, on family outing
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CNN) -- An 11-year-old girl was killed and her mother injured when a huge chunk of ice struck them near a cave attraction in Washington state.
The two were on a family outing Saturday near the Big Four ice caves in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, authorities said.
The family spoke to CNN affiliate KOMO on the condition their last name not be used. The girl's name was Grace. She, her parents and younger brother, William, were on an ice field next to the caves when they heard a "pop."
Grace's mother, Tamami, told KOMO: "I turned my head to the right, then I see the big chunk of ice falling down. I tried to snatch my daughter but I couldn't," she said.
KOMO: Father: "I lost my little girl"
Witnesses said Grace was hit by a chunk of ice about half the size of an SUV. "I tumbled down and I lifted her up and asked her, 'Grace, are you OK?'" her mother told KOMO. "And she look up at me and (was) already oh so pale."
Her parents and others performed CPR for more than an hour, but Grace died at the scene, KOMO reported.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/08/02/wa ... M8nw24mHYV"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
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by maiforpeace » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:35 pm
Indeed - us heathen atheists entered a cave, and we weren't killed.
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by Trolldor » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:38 pm
What the fuck is with the thread title?
"The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don't like that statement but few can argue with it."
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by devogue » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:39 pm
That's just desperately, desperately sad.
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by Rum » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:39 pm
Yes there is. And this was part of his mysterious plan!
You know this!
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by Trolldor » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:40 pm
God was mentioned nowhere in the article, a family just lost their daughter, and you're soap boxing the fucking thing?
"The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don't like that statement but few can argue with it."
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by FBM » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:45 pm
maiforpeace wrote:Indeed - us heathen atheists entered a cave, and we weren't killed.
Not complaining about that...
But I'd like to see one of our theist brethren step up and try to defend how Gwod works in mysterious ways and related wankery in relation to this 11-y.o.'s random death.
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by FBM » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:47 pm
The Mad Hatter wrote:God was mentioned nowhere in the article, a family just lost their daughter, and you're soap boxing the fucking thing?
Yes.
Rum wrote:Yes there is. And this was part of his mysterious plan!
You know this!
Quite.
devogue wrote:That's just desperately, desperately sad.
If there is a Gwod, fuck him/her/it up the urethra with a cattle prod.
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by Kristie » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:49 pm
The Mad Hatter wrote:God was mentioned nowhere in the article, a family just lost their daughter, and you're soap boxing the fucking thing?
Maybe it's referring to the posts at the end of the article from readers sending the family their prayers.
We danced.
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by FBM » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:55 pm
Kristie wrote:The Mad Hatter wrote:God was mentioned nowhere in the article, a family just lost their daughter, and you're soap boxing the fucking thing?
Maybe it's referring to the posts at the end of the article from readers sending the family their prayers.
No, I didn't even read them. I was reflecting back on
this and the related rationalizations that theists make for random trajedies.
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by Trolldor » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:56 pm
What the fuck does it matter?
The only thing worse than someone automatically turning to religion to console is some automatically turning to anti-theism when a tragedy strikes.
"The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don't like that statement but few can argue with it."
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by Coito ergo sum » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:57 pm
"Everything happens for a reason."
I love that one. Oh, yeah, EVERYTHING happens for a reason. I little girl is hit by a truck sized block of ice and killed instantly, for a reason.
When people say, "everything happens for a reason," usually they mean that they can't really see what possible reason there could be. We're supposed to just be comforted by the fact that there must be a reason, whatever that reason may be.... again...
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by FBM » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:58 pm
The Mad Hatter wrote:What the fuck does it matter?
The only thing worse than someone automatically turning to religion to console is some automatically turning to anti-theism when a tragedy strikes.
Where the fuck does "automatically" come from? How often do you see me posting in this sub-forum or about anything related to the existence of a deity?
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by maiforpeace » Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:31 pm
FBM wrote:
Where the fuck does "automatically" come from? How often do you see me posting in this sub-forum or about anything related to the existence of a deity?
No musing or thinking out loud allowed...
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by Thinking Aloud » Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:08 pm
maiforpeace wrote:FBM wrote:
Where the fuck does "automatically" come from? How often do you see me posting in this sub-forum or about anything related to the existence of a deity?
No musing or thinking out loud allowed...
I bet you had to re-phrase that at least once!
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